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Definition of easterly in English:

easterly

adjective & adverb ˈiːstəliˈistərli
  • 1In an eastward position or direction.

    朝东(的),向东(的)

    as adjective he ordered an easterly course
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It turned north for some distance, then curved right around to flow back south, before finally returning to its usual easterly course towards the Great River.
    • The reader should be aware that the Mekong flows generally in an easterly direction across Viet Nam from Cambodia and ultimately empties into the South China Sea.
    • Much of the Douro Superior, the most easterly of the three sub-regions, is still pioneer country.
    • Because of its closeness to the International Date Line this is the most easterly city in the world and is the first on which the sun rises.
    • Eventually I reached the Royal Mile, expecting to continue ahead and make an easterly turn beyond Waverley Station.
    • The US 1st Marine Expeditionary Force peeled off across the Tigris on a more easterly route towards the Iraqi capital.
    • The island of Puerto Rico (formerly Porto Rico) is the most easterly of the Greater Antilles group of the West Indies island chain.
    • The game was being played on the most easterly of the Albrecht pitches and the multi-talented McAdam revelled in the occasion.
    • This new speed limit, perhaps 40 mph, needs to extend about one mile eastward from the roundabout at the easterly end of the present bypass.
    • The object continued to move easterly directly along side of the interstate for several miles, so they followed speeding along the highway at 85 mph, as darkness began to fall.
    • What you perhaps don't know is that nestled away on the eighth floor, sporting a prime easterly view of the city, is the studio/loft of Colin and Maclean.
    • The summit of Carn an Tuirc lies about a kilometre west of the corrie rim and from there it's a straightforward easterly descent, then reascent to Tolmount.
    • The car continued to rotate a full 380 degrees before crashing into a nearby solarium facing in an easterly direction.
    • Ithaki, the most easterly of the modern group, faces the dawn, and is hilly.
    • Lisa was in good form, looking forward to a weekend away in a caravan in Ballyhalbert, the most easterly village in Ireland.
    • Barbados' easterly location and position at 13 degrees latitude gave it comparative advantages for the growing and production of sugar cane.
    • This is the most easterly of the 26,000 ft-plus Himalayan range, and until 1852 was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world.
    • The mark was continuous across the lawn and proceeded easterly.
    • It was James Cook who gave Cape Byron - the most easterly tip of Australia - its name, in 1770.
    • Last week, your mild mannered reporter was walking through Knightsbridge, and he glanced in an easterly direction.
    1. 1.1 (of a wind) blowing from the east.
      (风)从东面吹来的
      as adjective the light easterly breeze

      轻柔的东风。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • When the winds are easterly, the pollen count lowers in the east as you might expect, but pine pollen has been detected on the coast, presumably from Norway.
      • If a raindrop falling onto the top of the Andes in South America encounters a light easterly breeze, it will blow the rain onto the western side of the mountain.
      • As we arrived at the river, the cold easterly gale had veered to a light westerly breeze with a touch of warmth in it, perfect for river trouting.
      • The easterly trade winds are part of the low-level component of the Walker circulation.
      • Easterly winds bring us this extreme cold and, unlike a northerly wind, the easterly wind only has a short distance to travel over the warming sea.
      • Freezing easterly gales, with wind speeds up to sixty miles per hour registered at Harry's weather station, continue to dominate the beginning of spring.
      • A strong gust of easterly wind scattered the torn remains of the letter with its proud seal, and its commanding impression.
      • It is believed that they have picked up metals blown off the bombing range by the strong easterly winds that regularly blow across the island.
      • Next day the weather worsened and an easterly gale finished the job.
      • Wave action and easterly winds will pull this colder water to the surface off the coast of Peru and Ecuador and as the easterly trade winds strengthen the effect becomes stronger.
      • The weather was cold and drizzly with a slight easterly wind blowing towards me.
      • On occasion, severe frosts, biting easterly winds and snowfall can result in winter casualties.
      • The crews set off in a moderate south easterly breeze and coast in the Kalbarri region is set for a fine weekend.
      • With easterly winds often travelling across the industrial areas of Europe, the visibility can be quite poor.
      • The fierce easterly wind blowing out of the Straits of Gibraltar kept them waiting like a courtier at the king's gate.
      • With a very strong easterly wind continuing to blow across the province fishing operations were very much restricted.
      • As for the wind dispersion, the prevailing winds are mostly easterly.
      • In Namibia, conditions turned from easterly bergwinds to strong south westerly winds and the temperature dropped like a brick.
      • The dust was not caused by easterly winds, but rather when the maize was being levelled out in the ship's hold.
      • We had to contend with a very cold easterly wind blowing downstream.
      Synonyms
      eastern, easterly, eastwardly, oriental
nounPlural easterlies ˈiːstəliˈistərli
  • A wind blowing from the east.

    (风)从东面吹来的

    the water was grey with the usual garbage the easterlies always brought in
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A moderate easterly provided a lively sea for the sailors.
    • It was blowing a light easterly today so I headed back to the Ditchling field.
    • It's terrible what a cold north easterly can do to your equipment.
    • The jet streams, the trade winds, westerlies, polar easterlies and other global and local winds all help to give the planet distinct zones, from polar or temperate to Mediterranean or tropical.
    • The weather had been superb, with persistent easterlies and a lot of sunshine.
    • Christmas Day itself generally dawns grey, with an easterly blustering off the Pacific, but it doesn't matter!
    • At all times, a west wind is best, though an easterly can be useful if it's not too fresh.
    • After six hours sleep we woke up to a south easterly and clouds drifting past.
    • With brilliant sunshine, the penultimate race of the season brought a light north easterly so sail pumping was the order of the day.
    • A birdwatcher said he'd seen two yellow-browed warblers, and that they only come this time of the year on the easterlies from Siberia, rare visitors, they look like goldcrests.
    • The North easterly persisted for about 8 days, keeping temperatures very low but we put up three bivvies which gave us protection from the conditions.
    • There are plenty of boat-diving opportunities that don't involve going too deep, though this can be spoilt by a strong easterly.
    • Although the met office had warned of a mean north easterly topping out at force five, wind never topped a four in the gusts and generally settled into a two to three routine.
    • The Capricorn Corsair drove through the smooth harbour water before the steady easterly that flowed seaward on summer nights.
    • It was looking like a very light easterly so we planned to fly out from a field behind Mt Caburn and on to Beachy Head and Eastbourne before turning inland and back to the field.
    • Once the kayakers had rounded the peninsular, they were protected from the seasonal north easterly.
    • Within an hour we were standing on a torn up area of turf being blasted by a strong north easterly.
    • Even with a force six easterly bearing in from the North Sea yesterday, Crail still appeared like the cosy little corner of the East Neuk of Fife it undoubtedly is.
    • Mike had been right; easterlies are best avoided at Swanage.

Definition of easterly in US English:

easterly

adjective & adverbˈēstərlēˈistərli
  • 1In an eastward position or direction.

    朝东(的),向东(的)

    as adjective the captain ordered an easterly course
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Barbados' easterly location and position at 13 degrees latitude gave it comparative advantages for the growing and production of sugar cane.
    • This is the most easterly of the 26,000 ft-plus Himalayan range, and until 1852 was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world.
    • Ithaki, the most easterly of the modern group, faces the dawn, and is hilly.
    • This new speed limit, perhaps 40 mph, needs to extend about one mile eastward from the roundabout at the easterly end of the present bypass.
    • The car continued to rotate a full 380 degrees before crashing into a nearby solarium facing in an easterly direction.
    • The game was being played on the most easterly of the Albrecht pitches and the multi-talented McAdam revelled in the occasion.
    • It turned north for some distance, then curved right around to flow back south, before finally returning to its usual easterly course towards the Great River.
    • Last week, your mild mannered reporter was walking through Knightsbridge, and he glanced in an easterly direction.
    • Much of the Douro Superior, the most easterly of the three sub-regions, is still pioneer country.
    • Eventually I reached the Royal Mile, expecting to continue ahead and make an easterly turn beyond Waverley Station.
    • The summit of Carn an Tuirc lies about a kilometre west of the corrie rim and from there it's a straightforward easterly descent, then reascent to Tolmount.
    • It was James Cook who gave Cape Byron - the most easterly tip of Australia - its name, in 1770.
    • What you perhaps don't know is that nestled away on the eighth floor, sporting a prime easterly view of the city, is the studio/loft of Colin and Maclean.
    • The US 1st Marine Expeditionary Force peeled off across the Tigris on a more easterly route towards the Iraqi capital.
    • The island of Puerto Rico (formerly Porto Rico) is the most easterly of the Greater Antilles group of the West Indies island chain.
    • Because of its closeness to the International Date Line this is the most easterly city in the world and is the first on which the sun rises.
    • The reader should be aware that the Mekong flows generally in an easterly direction across Viet Nam from Cambodia and ultimately empties into the South China Sea.
    • The object continued to move easterly directly along side of the interstate for several miles, so they followed speeding along the highway at 85 mph, as darkness began to fall.
    • Lisa was in good form, looking forward to a weekend away in a caravan in Ballyhalbert, the most easterly village in Ireland.
    • The mark was continuous across the lawn and proceeded easterly.
    1. 1.1 (of a wind) blowing from the east.
      (风)从东面吹来的
      as adjective the light easterly breeze

      轻柔的东风。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The easterly trade winds are part of the low-level component of the Walker circulation.
      • The fierce easterly wind blowing out of the Straits of Gibraltar kept them waiting like a courtier at the king's gate.
      • In Namibia, conditions turned from easterly bergwinds to strong south westerly winds and the temperature dropped like a brick.
      • As for the wind dispersion, the prevailing winds are mostly easterly.
      • If a raindrop falling onto the top of the Andes in South America encounters a light easterly breeze, it will blow the rain onto the western side of the mountain.
      • Easterly winds bring us this extreme cold and, unlike a northerly wind, the easterly wind only has a short distance to travel over the warming sea.
      • With a very strong easterly wind continuing to blow across the province fishing operations were very much restricted.
      • A strong gust of easterly wind scattered the torn remains of the letter with its proud seal, and its commanding impression.
      • On occasion, severe frosts, biting easterly winds and snowfall can result in winter casualties.
      • With easterly winds often travelling across the industrial areas of Europe, the visibility can be quite poor.
      • The weather was cold and drizzly with a slight easterly wind blowing towards me.
      • As we arrived at the river, the cold easterly gale had veered to a light westerly breeze with a touch of warmth in it, perfect for river trouting.
      • The crews set off in a moderate south easterly breeze and coast in the Kalbarri region is set for a fine weekend.
      • The dust was not caused by easterly winds, but rather when the maize was being levelled out in the ship's hold.
      • Next day the weather worsened and an easterly gale finished the job.
      • When the winds are easterly, the pollen count lowers in the east as you might expect, but pine pollen has been detected on the coast, presumably from Norway.
      • We had to contend with a very cold easterly wind blowing downstream.
      • It is believed that they have picked up metals blown off the bombing range by the strong easterly winds that regularly blow across the island.
      • Freezing easterly gales, with wind speeds up to sixty miles per hour registered at Harry's weather station, continue to dominate the beginning of spring.
      • Wave action and easterly winds will pull this colder water to the surface off the coast of Peru and Ecuador and as the easterly trade winds strengthen the effect becomes stronger.
      Synonyms
      eastern, easterly, eastwardly, oriental
nounˈēstərlēˈistərli
often easterlies
  • A wind blowing from the east.

    (风)从东面吹来的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was blowing a light easterly today so I headed back to the Ditchling field.
    • There are plenty of boat-diving opportunities that don't involve going too deep, though this can be spoilt by a strong easterly.
    • Within an hour we were standing on a torn up area of turf being blasted by a strong north easterly.
    • The jet streams, the trade winds, westerlies, polar easterlies and other global and local winds all help to give the planet distinct zones, from polar or temperate to Mediterranean or tropical.
    • The North easterly persisted for about 8 days, keeping temperatures very low but we put up three bivvies which gave us protection from the conditions.
    • Christmas Day itself generally dawns grey, with an easterly blustering off the Pacific, but it doesn't matter!
    • Mike had been right; easterlies are best avoided at Swanage.
    • It's terrible what a cold north easterly can do to your equipment.
    • The Capricorn Corsair drove through the smooth harbour water before the steady easterly that flowed seaward on summer nights.
    • At all times, a west wind is best, though an easterly can be useful if it's not too fresh.
    • The weather had been superb, with persistent easterlies and a lot of sunshine.
    • Even with a force six easterly bearing in from the North Sea yesterday, Crail still appeared like the cosy little corner of the East Neuk of Fife it undoubtedly is.
    • Although the met office had warned of a mean north easterly topping out at force five, wind never topped a four in the gusts and generally settled into a two to three routine.
    • With brilliant sunshine, the penultimate race of the season brought a light north easterly so sail pumping was the order of the day.
    • It was looking like a very light easterly so we planned to fly out from a field behind Mt Caburn and on to Beachy Head and Eastbourne before turning inland and back to the field.
    • A moderate easterly provided a lively sea for the sailors.
    • A birdwatcher said he'd seen two yellow-browed warblers, and that they only come this time of the year on the easterlies from Siberia, rare visitors, they look like goldcrests.
    • Once the kayakers had rounded the peninsular, they were protected from the seasonal north easterly.
    • After six hours sleep we woke up to a south easterly and clouds drifting past.
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